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Parents of camera assistant sue ‘Midnight Rider’ producers

'MIDNIGHT RIDER:' In this April 9 photo, Richard Jones, right, sits next to wife Elizabeth as they sit in their attorney's office while talking about their daughter Sarah Jones, the 27-year-old camera assistant killed Feb. 20 by a freight train while filming a movie in southeast Georgia, in Atlanta. Singer Gregg Allman was sued Wednesday, May 21, along with movie producers, a railroad company and others accused of being responsible for the February death of a young camera assistant when a freight train slammed into a film crew in southeast Georgia. The lawsuit filed in Chatham County State Court by the parents of Jones targets 10 individuals associated with the film "Midnight Rider," based on the Allman Brothers Band singer's memoir. Photo: Associated Press/David Goldman

The parents of a 27-year-old camera assistant who was killed while shooting landscape footage on the Georgia set of The Allman Brothers biopic “Midnight Rider” have launched a civil lawsuit against the film’s producers.

Now, Jones’ parents have named the movie’s producers and the owners of the land, on which the film was being shot at the time of the tragedy, as part of a massive suit, which was filed on Wednesday.

In total, 10 individuals associated with the film, including executive producer Allman and director Randall Miller, and eight corporations have been named as defendants.

In the suit, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Richard and Elizabeth Jones’ lawyer claims the filmmakers selected “an unreasonably dangerous site for the filming location; failed to secure approval for filming… and otherwise failed to take measures to protect the safety of the ‘Midnight Rider’ cast and crew.”

Six of Sarah Jones’ colleagues were injured in the rush to get to safety as the train appeared.

Investigators have revealed Miller and his crew had permission to be on the property, but not on the train tracks themselves.

Local authorities have yet to decide whether to file criminal charges in the case.